Comments on: Blu-ray ‘flipper’ discs finally coming

By: Frederer

Frederer — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 18:32:27 +0000

Almost as bad as the completely wasteful double disc sets.

Actually, just as bad!

By: mike

mike — Wed, 26 May 2010 10:27:42 +0000

Arghh… Hate flipper discs, why can’t they just include an extra dvd disc like disney/pixar and alot of other movies are doing

By: JoBo

JoBo — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 23:49:12 +0000

I buy BRD when they are under £10, (in the UK) so I never feel as though I am being ripped off.

I understand the convenience of downloads and the benefits in saving space, but I have issues with them, I mean, it’s much more difficult to lend a friend a download, hardware failure is a major concern for me too, I don’t want a massive collection of movies that disappear in one drive failure. They are just as likely as hard copies to become obsolete in the future too, just in this case it’ll be their format, which will probably be unrecognisable to our computers and Playstation 6′s in years to come.

These flipper discs are pointless though, if you want a DVD buy a DVD if you want the BRD buy the BRD, if you are worried that DVD is on it’s way out (which it shouldn’t be for a LONG time) then buy BRD otherwise you are buying a format you think is on its way out for the sake of it?!?!?! Mad!

It’s not just that though, I’ve just upgraded all of my DVD’s with the annoying double sided Fullscreen and Widescreen options or even worse the Goodfellas style ‘This film is too long for the disc, please turn it over now’ setup, I don’t AND WON’T start buying any more like it.

It’s simple. If I’ve bought the BRD I don’t want the DVD version same goes roles reversed.

BRD and digital copy, well that’s a different story all together….

One more thing, what’s with these, (500 days of Summer) multi releases in standard DVD size cases, lets stick with the smaller ones…

HEHEHE, sorry my silly rant over with…

….no wait! 3D?!? Where did this come from again, yet another con with zero benefit to the movie and blah blah blah (sorry)

By: Amadna

Amadna — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 19:53:50 +0000

With the on-demand movies and tv shows that are offered through my cable provider, and the availability of movies and tv shows available on the internet for download, I think it’s pointless to buy dvd’s or blu-ray disks at all. You can download Hi-Def movies and play them on your tv, or just play the on-demand (free or pay per rental) videos from your cable box. If only sattelite tv would offer on demand, then we’d all be set.

By: Olga Nosulko

Olga Nosulko — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:26:56 +0000

Finally a Flipper Disk! One that plays HD DVD format on the one side and Blu ray on the other!………………oops thats wrong. thats just for suckers like me who bought into that HD DVD Microsoft/Toshiba rip off.

At least this might last longer than Tiger Woods next “drive”

By: Tom

Tom — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:36:07 +0000

It’s called time zones Phil it’s because the earth is a sphere and we don’t all live on the same bit of it… LOL

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:35:33 +0000

Hi Phil
Sounds like you know what you are talking about. Really.
Maybe you have some suggestions for me .
I am using Pinnacle’s Dazzle Video Creator Plus , with the Studio 12 , to transfer VHS content to my hard drive then DVD. I am using Memorex DVD-R , 4.7 GB discs.
The transfer / editing is quite easy using this updated Pinnacle product.
One VHS tape I have was recorded in 1984 at an outdoor concert at night .It is my Bluegrass band and I really was hoping for a better visual quality DVD. The visual quality of the tape is not great and is worse than not great when you look at the final product on DVD on my TV , which is the standard old analog TV.
So – do you think the quality would improve if I used a better quality blank disc? Or am I just stuck with 1980′s VHS technology and have to make the best of it.

Thanks

Mike
Mississauga

By: Kaylee

Kaylee — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 22:57:04 +0000

I am not “upgrading” to BluRay anytime soon. In fact I probably won’t get one until I purchase a PS3.

Honestly I still own VHS tapes and a player and they work just fine. My DVD’s all work great and the only movies I have re-purchased were those from my BetaMax childhood.

I hate re-buying movies which have additional scenes tacked on or hours of lame “making of” documentaries. I just want to watch my movie, maybe some outtakes and that’s it. As far as movies from the 80s I want to watch it AS IT WAS not with an extra musical number or with new digitally added scenes (yes I mean StarWars). And sometimes it’s fun to watch old movies in their original grainy glory!

Pretty soon I think the trend will be systems like NetFlix that allow you to download movies into your box or computer and store them that way; so why bother trying to keep up with physical formats.

And for the record…I can’t tell the difference between HighDef and BluRay anyways :P

By: Simon Cohen

Simon Cohen — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:00:16 +0000

Hey Jimmy – I never said I couldn’t tell the difference between Blu-ray and regular DVD. I said that Blu-ray didn’t make a big impression on me compared to the hi-def content I already get via satellite. FWIW, we have a 50″ Panasonic Viera Plasma… which is universally regarded as not an especially crappy TV ;)

By: Simon Cohen

Simon Cohen — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:43:52 +0000

Weird, that’s like saying unless you own a Ferrari, you can’t comment on Ferraris, and yet that’s what the entire automotive press does. You don’t think they all own them do you? Of course not. But they have spent time with them – as I have spent time with a Blu-ray player. Besides, how can 1080p be a ‘standard’ if the only content that comes in 1080p is Blu-ray? I’d say, based on available programming, SD is still the ‘standard’ with 720p catching up fast, and 1080p still a distant third place.